The National Diploma in Police Studies was conferred yesterday on 347 student gardai at the Garda College in Templemore. The diploma is awarded by the National Council of Education Awards.
Thirty students received awards with distinction and 204 with merit. The student of the year medal and £350 went to Garda Denis Ferry of Pearse Street station in Dublin. The Dhuais Bhord na Gaeilge award for the most outstanding student in the Irish language went to Garda Keith Goff of Fitzgibbon Street station.